The colloquium

The Brussels City Archives and the State Archives, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research into the History of Brussels (CIRHIBRU), will hold a colloquium on Expo 58. The exhibition and its message, foreign participants and urban transformations are some of the topics that will be dealt with on this study day. After each speech, a round table will take place.

• Place and date
  Atomium, April 25th 2008, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
• Inscription obligatory (limited number of seats)
  expo58@brucity.be
• Entrance fee (inscriptions & lunch)
  10,00 EUR
  5,00 EUR students
• Click here to see the entire programme of the colloquium (PDF)
  (English version available soon)

The conferences

A conference cycle will address such varied topics as for instance:

• L’architecture autour de '58 – May 15^th 2008
  (Rika Devos (RUG) and Maurizio Cohen (La Cambre, Lambert Lombard))
  
  
• Être hôtesse à l’Expo 58 – June 19^th 2008
  (Gonzague Pluvinage and numerous hostesses relating their experiences)
  
  
• Le design et le graphisme à l’époque de l’Expo 58 – October 18^th 2008
  (Lise Coirier and Michel Olyff)
  Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. In case you have already registered for this event, you will receive free access to the Atomium (i.e. to the exhibition "Expo 58. Between Utopia and Reality") as compensation.

• Place and dates
  Atomium, May 15th, June 19th, October 18th from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
• Inscription obligatory (limited number of seats)
  expo58@brucity.be
• Entrance fee
  Free